The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 912: Pulled The Boss

Dana looked over at the spectacle in Karlʼs section of the battlefield with concern. There was a lot of flashing golden light over there, and they were beginning to pull undead from other regions toward themselves.

”What is he doing over there?” Tessa shouted so the flying mage could hear her.

”I have no clue. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say he invented holy hand grenades. Itʼs just explosions of holy light constantly.” Dana called back.

Thor laughed at the thought. Holy Hand Grenades sounded like a lot of fun.

Tessa shook her head in dismay. ”Well, if thatʼs an item and not a skill, I will insist that he shares it. But weʼre almost done with the undead in our zone, and the unholy magic from the portal is beginning to wane.”

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Tessa had a premonition. The magic wasnʼt just to keep the army powered, it was a built-in failsafe.

[Everyone, we have a mission timer on this battle. We need every undead eliminated before that mana from the portal runs out. Itʼs a trap.] She informed the group.

If she were wrong, then she would apologize for alarming them.

Well, if anyone asked her to. Remi and Rae were currently making bets on who could kill a massive number of Undead the fastest. Giving them a timer was just a motivation to compete with each other.

Even Thor joined the fun. [Karl, bring up a Bulwark, Iʼm sweeping your direction.]

Karl saw what Thor was thinking as the behemoth charged through the undead with a wide wall of magical ice in front of him.

Karl created his own wall of ice, then charged toward the massive beast and his red robed rider.

Tessa was standing on Thorʼs back, brunette hair flying in the wind, having escaped her usual braid, and marshalling the demonic armies to follow behind them.

The barrier would fail on impact, and some of the Undead were likely to be alive after.

Karl coated the entire wall in front of him with [Void Blast] set to detonate on impact. The idea was simple, the undead would be crushed between the two walls, and the spell would detonate like a bullet down a barrel.

It wouldnʼt harm the barriers, but it wouldnʼt bypass them either, creating a magical pressure cooker for the Skeleton Knights.

The explosion rang through the grasslands as if a massive cannon had been fired, and skeletal remains were thrown hundreds of metres in the air in the narrow space between the two walls as Karl and Thor collided.

Then both barriers collapsed from the secondary damage of the flying weapons and the skills of the Skeleton Knights, who had the cognitive ability to realize what was happening to them.

Karl laughed as he hacked his way through the undead survivors, while holy spears rained down around him. Glowing with red holy energy and standing on the back of a rampaging behemoth, Tessa really did look like a war goddess unleashed.

It wasnʼt hard to see why the myriad armies of the world were inspired to follow the Red Dragon clerics into battle.

Karl used [Gravity Slam] aimed straight ahead to hurl a wave of Skeleton Knights away for an unengaged unit to deal with, and Thor realized that he had missed a grand opportunity to delegate responsibilities.

Ophelia rumbled in amusement, then set her head on top of Karlʼs for a moment as she passed by.

Dana descended to talk to him as they finished the last of the nearby enemies.

”What did you do over in the swamp spell? It looked like holy magic grenades.” She asked.

”I actually used [Talisman] to put holy damage on the demons. It created a flash of light on every strike.”

Dana nodded, losing interest if it was just some extra damage. But Tessa was intrigued. Holy Magic buffs worked on the Demons, and they exploded with light on contact? That sounded like the spells were actually creating mutual rejection with the Demonʼs attacks, but not enough that the Talisman failed.

Karl saluted the ladies with his blade, then crouched and leapt into the air, using [Swim Through Air] to keep him aloft while he surveyed the battlefield. The undead were almost defeated, with only a few more pockets left.

”Hey, tell the others to stay away from the bodies if theyʼre not in battle. We suspect that the mana flow has a trap embedded when it ends, and the army might explode or something.” Karl shouted down at the Demon Commanders.

They all passed along the warning, and Remi quickly led the golems and other summons to a clear space where they could attack from a distance.

The power from the attackʼs origin was waning fast, and while they might be able to clear out the last of the Skeleton Knights in time, it would be a very close call.

Then the power through the portal suddenly surged, and another portal opened over the battlefield, almost directly in front of Karl.

He moved out of the way, but the portal followed him, as well as the three Totems that they had on the battlefield.

Delilah shouted at the rest. {Theyʼve targeted us. Expect four powerful undead to come through. Karl, just hold on, and we will come rescue you when weʼre done.}

Karl gave her a salute, but returned to the ground where the beasts could join the fight.

”Donʼt worry Priestess. I can hold my own.”

The dragon was skeptical of his answer, but there wasnʼt much that she could do to change the situation, as her own opponent, a massive bone dragon, similar to the one she had killed the day before, flew through the portal.

Fortunately, Karl had thought far enough ahead to give them his [Limited Invulnerability] buff before the battle began, and it hadnʼt expired yet. With that on their side, they should have the edge on the Totem Ranked undead that were sent to attack them now that they were wearied by the battle.